October 18, 2004
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Temporarily we use a thing, enjoying the fruit through another's hard work achieved, profited though we did no hard work in fields burning, in the commons where that natural manure spills out like so much milk about which we dare not cry out. At liberty to use a thing, diminished nor altered, the fruit should remain whole, unblemished, though maggots spin webs within the tree where petals rot from blight and wither like corpses strewn across a battlefield, a common cause withered. Poisoning the tree, we violate natural liberty: Become usurper, burner of towns and refugee camps; builder of walls and stretcher of razor wire behind which children pick at garbage like so many starlings picking at a dead soldier's eyes. · · · · · ·
Poetry on Swans America the 'beautiful' on Swans Gerard Donnelly Smith on Swans (with bio). Do you wish to share your opinion? We invite your comments. E-mail the Editor. Please include your full name, address and phone number. If we publish your opinion we will only include your name, city, state, and country. Please, feel free to insert a link to this work on your Web site or to disseminate its URL on your favorite lists, quoting the first paragraph or providing a summary. However, please DO NOT steal, scavenge or repost this work on the Web without the expressed written authorization of Swans. This material is copyrighted, © Gerard Donnelly Smith 2004. All rights reserved. |
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